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Kraken launches OpenAI and Anthropic pre-IPO perps

Kraken is offering perpetual futures tied to the private-market valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic, giving eligible traders leveraged exposure before either artificial intelligence company completes a public listing. Summary Kraken offers cash-settled Anthropic and OpenAI pre-IPO perpetuals with maximum leverage of five times globally. The contracts provide price exposure without shares, voting rights, dividends or…

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Bitcoin Miners Unplug 23% as AI Revenue Surges 52%

This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. Public miners analyzed by TheEnergyMag shed an estimated 56 EH/s of realized hashrate over the first half of 2026—a 15%…

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Solana leads RWA networks with $348m monthly inflows

Solana attracted approximately $348 million in net real-world asset flows over the latest 30-day period, placing it ahead of other tracked blockchain distribution networks. Summary Solana attracted $348 million in net distributed RWA flows during the latest thirty-day measurement period. Network distributed RWA value reached roughly $4.23 billion as tracked holder addresses climbed to 398,644….

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Bukele Denies El Salvador Transferred Its Bitcoin Reserve

Key Takeaways Bukele slammed false reports of a transferred bitcoin reserve, clarifying only Chivo shares were privatized. The IMF praised El Salvador’s economic growth and fiscal surplus, which Bukele credited to better security. Bukele ignored IMF claims that bitcoin reserves came from donations, as the country continues buying crypto. Bukele Denies El Salvador Transferred Its…

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Vitalik Buterin reveals Ethereum’s transaction redesign

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a longer-term transaction model on Sept. 6 that could allow the network to process some validation work in parallel. Summary Buterin proposed separating transaction actions from dependencies so Ethereum can optimize each component independently later. Dependencies include signatures, state proofs and validity conditions that transactions must satisfy before execution begins….

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